========================================== **************************************** * PART 12 - PAST,PRESENT AND FUTURE * **************************************** BACK ISSUES All back issues can be obtained from either the Frazzle Project BBS or the NVG UNIT FTP site (directory: pub/sinclair/snaps/discmag/emulate) or the DEMON FTP site (directory: pub/emulators/spectrum/magazines/emulate) Here a brief run-down of what was in the last 6 issues: ========================================== ISSUE 1 - September 1995 A-Z of Spectrum Games Part 1, Spectrum History Part 1, Complete guide to the Dizzy Games, Rebelstar Review Guide, Massive Multiface POKE List, plus adventures and Games Charts. SNAPSHOT PACK: Pyjamarama, 16/48 No.20, JSW Editor, Jet Set Willy 3, Chaos Editor, War In Middle Earth, Twice Shy, Plus a collection of GIF files and two utilities - SPCONV and POKE-IT. ========================================== ISSUE 2 - October 1995 A-Z of Spectrum Games Part 2, Spectrum History Part 2, Hackers guide to Doomdarks Revenge, Tips for Pyjamarama, Bards Tale and Retarded Creatures and Caverns, Spectrum database Run down, Complete Guide to Spectrum Charts and Desert Island Disks. SNAPSHOT PACK: Everyones a Wally, 16/48 No.3, The Bards Tale, Rock Star Ate My Hamster, Loads of Midnight, Retarded Creatures and Caverns, Spectrum Test Program, POKE Database, Plus two EXCLUSIVE games, Join the Jet Set and pre-release version of Street Hawk. ========================================== ISSUE 3 - November/December 1995 A-Z of Spectrum Games Part 3, Spectrum History Part 3, Complete Guide to the Magic Knight games, Spectrum Book Database Part 1, Solution for Everyones A Wally, Stormbringer, Finders Keepers and Spellbound. SNAPSHOT PACK: Demon From The Darkside, Crazy Caverns, Deathstalker, Herberts Dummy Run & Bonus puzzle game, Robocop (128k), 16/48 No.24, Graham Gooch's Cricket, Technician Ted 2 - Costa Capers, Jet Set Willy Editor II, plus another EXCLUSIVE game, Jet Set Willy - The continuing adventures. ========================================== ISSUE 4 - January/February 1995 Matthew Smith Special! Two interviews with the legendary programmer. SNAPSHOT PACK: Three Weeks In Paradise, Journey'S End, Spectacle, Murder, Demon From the Darkside 2, Robocop 2 (128k), 16/48 No.19, Plus EXCLUSIVE game, Jet Set Willy - The Deadly Mission. ========================================== ISSUE 5 - March/April 1995 SNAPSHOT PACK: Demon From the Darkside 3, Alchemist News No.19, Dizzy 8, Robin of Sherwood, 3D Starfighter, Gregory Loses His Clock, Spectacle 2, Stifflip & Co, Streaker... Plus EXCLUSIVE game, Jet Set Willy - Willy's Holiday. ========================================== SPECIAL 1 - Winter 1995 The First Emulate special features a massive A-Z featuring hints, tips, pokes and solutions for hundreds of games. This collection was originally published in Your Sinclair as the "Smash Tips" supplement, and is now available in ASCII Text, as well as HTML!! ========================================== I will also send out some back issues of the text mag to those who send me a personal E-mail request. READERS QUESTIONNAIRE There is still time for you to fill in the Emulate! questionnaire and I will publish the results in the next issue. I'd really like to know what you think of the magazine. I would appreciate it if you could fill it in and E-Mail it to me at DOCTOR@DOCBARRY.DEMON.CO.UK ------------------------------------------ READER QUESTIONNAIRE RATINGS:- 1=Excellent => 5=Average => 10=Awful 1. How would you rate Emulate as a magazine? 2. How would you rate it's content/features? 3. How would you rate the text presentation? 4. How would you rate the following features? SNAPSHOT PACKAGE/INSTRUCTIONS EDITORIAL/NEWS CLASSIC REVIEWS A-Z OF SPECTRUM GAMES SPECTRUM HISTORY GAMES CHARTS INTERNET SECTION PLAYING TIPS ADVENTURES TECHNICAL FORUM FEATURES (EG.DATABASE) 5. How would you rate the following? EMULATE! TEXT MAGAZINE EMULATE! WEB PAGES EMULATE! PC EXECUTABLE 6. Which of the following would you like to see? AMIGAGUIDE VERSION OF EMULATE SPECTRUM TAP/SNA OF EMULATE OTHER ________________________ 7. Which feature of the magazine would you like to get rid of? 8. Which feature would you like to see introduced? 9. What do you think of the snapshots? FINE. GREAT AS THEY ARE. MORE SNAPSHOTS LESS SNAPSHOTS LESS TAP/Z80 FILES MORE TAP/Z80 FILES 10. Rate the following Emulate exclusives in the snapshot pack? THE JET SET WILLY GAMES STREET HAWK THE JET SET WILLY EDITORS ALCHEMIST NEWS 11. Any more comments? ------------------------------------------ Thanks for filling out the questionnaire! ========================================== NEXT MONTH Can it get any better? (Maybe if the magazine actually comes out on time!) Anyway, to try to match this exclusive-packed issue, next issue will hopefully contain a few exclusive surprises lurking in the 7th snapshot pack, inculding a few never-before-seen games. Plus of course, all the regulars, as well as the questionnaire results, the next game in the Raf Cecco series (guess what that is!) and lots more! I won't say any more - just check out No.7, out in September! (Or sometime next year, depending on your outlook! ;) ) ========================================== ========================================== Credids: Imported/Supply..ODYSSEUS/FLASH SO-MEMBERS Viewer............MYSTERY/FLASH SO-MEMBERS Disked............MYSTERY/FLASH SO-MEMBERS Text converted.............FIKUS/FLASH INC Packed.....................FIKUS/FLASH INC ========================================== ========================================== ПРИВЕТ ВСЕМ ДРУЗЬЯМ FLASH INC! ПРИВЕТ ВСЕМ НЕ ЗАБРОСИВШИМ SPECCY! ========================================== ========================================== Я, FIKUS, ПРОДАЮ И ПРЕДЛАГАЮ ДЛЯ ОБМЕНА БОЛЕЕ 5000 ПРОГРАММ ДЛЯ SPECCY! ПИШИТЕ! 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